I owed money this year on my return, $2000, and couldn't file electronically. So I did my return the old-fashioned way and mailed the return and a check earlier this week to make sure they got it in plenty of time. Yes, you read that right. I mailed it earlier this week right before I learned that the tax deadline was extended by three months to July. Now I could kick myself for not waiting just a little bit longer to drop that thing in the mail.
Is there anything simple I can do to get the IRS not to process this until July? Yes, I know I can put a stop payment on the check, but that seems pretty extreme, and I don't want the IRS to get riled up by having my check bounce. And yes, I know the lost interest on $2000 for three months isn't much. Maybe $5 to $8 at most. And there's even the point that the checks the government will be mailing out might even be enough to compensate for the $2000. It's really more the principle of the thing than anything else. Short of a stop-payment, is there anything I can do to get them to hold the charge until July?